Chapter 29: The Shadow of the Thief
White smoke, rich white smoke diffused from the bottom of the altar, and in this white smoke, countless black scorpions rushed out, lying on top of each other, and goosebumps erupted from those who watched!
Gradually, countless scorpions spread in circles, forming an active black shadow.
The illusory shadow of God Sid begins to become real:
"Mortal, is it the present life you called me to?"
The huge coercion spread, Tang Ruiyi only felt that his chest was stuffy and panicked, they were all gods, but Sid God gave people a completely different feeling from Pan Shen, if Pan God represents cunning and vicious, and Sid God's divine power is completely heroic and fierce!
Sid Phantom slowly turned his head, staring at Tang Ruiyi with a terrifying gaze: "Pan Shen's old thing is not dead yet?"
Tang Ruiyi smiled reluctantly, knowing that people knew their own backers, so he explained:
"Dear Lord Sid, on behalf of God Pan, I would like to offer you my noble greetings, this time we are here to investigate the theft of the idol. โ
Sid sneered: "The idol has been stolen? No wonder my little babies have been a little restless lately, hehe, someone dares to hit me with their ideas?
Tang Ruiyi hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and said, "But the thieves are very cunning, and we haven't been able to find any trace of them so far." โ
"So that's the case?" At this time, Sid nodded thoughtfully: "It's a pity that the thief has gone away, and I sense that my god statue is already thousands of miles away!"
"What!" Tang Ruiyi's heart tightened, didn't that mean that the task couldn't be completed?
The god Sid said slowly: "Even so, it is not without other remedies, the ruins have lost the protection of the idol, the power of the abyss has begun to spread again, and soon all the scorpions will be infected by corruption, but as long as the source of infection is broken, the corruption speed will be greatly reduced, and it should be able to last until Rusaiyan's support corps arrives." โ
After speaking, although there was no expression on Sid's face, from her eyes, you could clearly see the meaning of "You know what to do, right?"
Tang Ruiyi was originally a little hesitant, but after thinking about it carefully, he still had to rely on others for his transformation task, so he volunteered to agree.
"Okay, mortal, I admire your courage, and as a reward, this Destroyer Spear and the Dead Qiwen are temporarily handed over to you to use, remember, the source of infection is in the deepest part of the ruins, guarded by a group of Abyss Vanguard!"
Sid God casually threw a golden-colored spear and a thick book to Tang Ruiyi, and then turned into a scorpion again and disappeared into the white smoke.
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After taking the thing, Tang Ruiyi was secretly frightened, what kind of source of infection can actually infect ordinary scorpions, to put it bluntly, it is actually a large-scale arsenal, how many scorpions are in the desert? If it is given enough time, wouldn't it be able to create an army of scorpions that it wants? At that time, who will be spared?
Fortunately, there is still plenty of time now, and there are two more magic weapons!
Tang Ruiyi picked up the spear and book in his hand, and his attributes were really very powerful:
[Destroyer Spear (Pseudo Gold): Deals 3000 true damage to evil creatures, durability 3/3]
[Dead Qiwen (Pseudo Gold): Resurrect a creature to fight for you, lasts 500 seconds, and lasts 3/3]
Oh my God, black iron is silver after silver, silver is gold after silver, it's strange that after fighting for so long, the most advanced equipment Tang Ruiyi has ever seen is the black iron level Pan God ring, and there is not a single silver, let alone a gold-level weapon? Moreover, according to the level requirements of the equipment, gold-level equipment must be at least level 40 to be equipped! And Sid God didn't know how to cancel this restriction.
Hold the World Destroyer spear tightly, this thing is simply a nuclear bomb for evil creatures, and that Abyss Pioneer is evil to the bone when it is heard, and it can definitely play a role in turning the tables at the right time.
Seeing that the big war was coming, Tang Ruiyi said to the professor: "By the way, Professor Hals, the next journey will be very dangerous, you better go back first." โ
Hearing this, Professor Hals shook his head and said, "Opportunity and danger coexist, and my title of master archaeologist can ensure that I will not be harmed, so you don't have to worry about me." โ
Tang Ruiyi couldn't help him, until he reluctantly agreed, but he still said worriedly: "Okay, but don't walk around, just follow us." โ
Professor Hals smiled and said, "Of course, by the way, since you have to deal with the legendary source of infection, I happen to have a few ancient drawings here, maybe I can help you a little?"
Tang Ruiyi asked in surprise, "What are the ancient drawings?"
Professor Hals took out the two crumpled drawings from his bag, and Tang Ruiyi looked at them curiously, and found that it was actually a dark blue [Training Camp - Desert Heavy Armored Knight], and a black iron level [Broken Lantern God Camp]
Seeing two extremely rare architectural drawings, Tang Ruiyi almost handed over his voice!
Oh my God, a level 15 Desert Heavy Knight with 800 HP, 20 Attack and 80 Defense!
Excited, they learned the way to the depths of the ruins, and everyone set off one after another.
The darkness grew thicker, the torches that had hung on the walls disappeared, and the marble path beneath their feet became rough, but everyone was well prepared, and everyone had torches and flints.
The small flame seemed so small in the darkness, and the dull atmosphere made everyone hold their breath and feel extremely depressed.
Finally, after ten minutes, the darkness dissipated, and everyone came to a large chasm.
Professor Hals walked over to the crack and probed it, believing that it was a natural occurrence and that there was no danger of collapse.
So everyone continued to move forward, and the crack became bigger and bigger, gradually forming a vibrant underground cave.
In this cave, long-eared bats can be seen everywhere hunting insects, excreting feces to nourish fluorescent green mushrooms, and insects eat green mushrooms to multiply, forming a stable biological chain between the three.
"I didn't expect there to be a natural vein under the ruins!" Professor Hals said with a blank expression, "No wonder...... No wonder the legendary Desert Emperor's army was never short of weapons. โ
Tang Ruiyi also picked up the ore left on the ground and took a look:
ใUnrefined mica stone (light blue) (ore)ใ
ใMagical Stone (White) (Ore)ใ
It turns out that there are so many resources here, of course, the abundance of resources also means that the nearby monsters must be very powerful, no wonder there are often people who pick up precious gems near the ruins.
Because there is no light all year round, the underground monsters have poor eyesight, but their senses are very sharp.
For example, a monster called the Eye Demon, level 12, will fire a variety of weak rays and scorching rays, a typical French monster, but unfortunately his golden rose shield exploded, otherwise the speed of killing monsters would definitely be a lot faster.
I didn't stay too long.,It's more important to solve the source of infection.,It's okay to kill the monster later.,The monster won't run away anywhere anyway.ใ
The route was broken at this point, and it might take some time for Professor Hals to take out the map and compare it with the surrounding terrain.
During this time, everyone was not idle, and they went to do their own things, especially Shenfeng, when he saw so many rare ores, his eyes were straight, and he immediately couldn't wait to pick and choose everywhere.
Tang Ruiyi is actually quite excited, he has never been to such a deep underground, he has only seen descriptions of rock formations in BBC documentaries and National Geographic in the past, and it is also a good experience to experience it first-hand this time.
It was still early, Tang Ruiyi first mined some of the ore used nearby, and improved his mining skills, and at the same time, cutting and carving techniques, as well as survey techniques, which had not been used for a long time, could also come in handy.
Cutting can increase mining speed and metal cutting rate in the auxiliary slot, Engraving can reduce scrap yield, and can also reduce mining Shadowing, and finally, the highest-level Surveying can detect the location of hidden rare ores and occasionally find strange creatures cocooned in amber.
Although most of these creatures are dead, only ornamental and collectible value remains, but occasionally there are still breath left, and if this part is handled properly, you may be able to get some powerful ancient pets, and the unknown is always full of anticipation, isn't it?
Tang Ruiyi put the mole hat on his head, and then the faint light wandered around the ground, while killing some low-level monsters that didn't open his eyes, and from time to time he could also find the bones of adventurers, and turned out some small and practical things, such as telescopes, water bladders that produce water automatically, treasure maps and the like, although the grade was not very high, but the sense of adventure to explore the unknown and mysterious still made him feel full of accomplishment.
At the same time, he observed that the reflections on the surrounding rock walls had been greatly reduced, and that marble, gneiss, limestone, and sand had been replaced by something dull and dull.
In a narrow part of the tunnel, he leaned against the rock wall, and found that the places where he had touched the "wall" had become extremely dark.
He looked around more closely, and was suddenly startled to see that there was coal all around!
System prompt: "You have found a large coal bed. โ
After this discovery, Tang Ruiyi was immediately excited!
In this place that I don't know how deep underground, there is such a huge amount of coal reserves, you know, the position of coal in industrial civilization is simply unshakable!
The operation of steam engines and power plants is indispensable for coal, and it is no exaggeration to say that the amount of coal is sufficient, and he can use it to cast a huge steel empire!
Tanks, planes, missiles, as long as there is enough coal, he can forge them all with the help of dwarven hands!
And these special deposits are basically not mined - most of the countries in the world are still in the backward medieval period, the use of energy is still in the era of cultivation and mills, and even the so-called most advanced elven races have only developed the prototype of the Renaissance, and they are still far from the beginning of industrial civilization.
So if nothing else, these coal beds will always be like this until the destruction of the world or the movement of the earth's crust.
However, for Tang Ruiyi, who is familiar with modern knowledge, these are not problems, and when the dwarf artillery is upgraded to the highest level of "automatic drills", it is fully capable of mining this batch of coal!
Thinking of how many years later he would lead the mechanized troops to crush the native army with bows and arrows and spears, Tang Ruiyi couldn't help but feel excited.